Protecting or safety seat for window cleaners



Sept. 15, 1931. A, ZAHN 1,823,247

PROTECTING OR SAFETY SEAPl FOR WINDOW CLEANERS Filed March 25. 1930 "nl Il llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ....,nnnmm M W 46 a f-mlum ummm-M 47 d/ 45 4 9 56 'l f l Patented Sept. l5, 1931 ADAM ZAHN, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK PROTETING OR SAFETY SEAT FOR WINDOW CLEANERS kimputation meaMarch 25,1930. serial No. 438,716.l i' .7.

. lThis invention relates to improvementsin protecting or safety devices and particularly to. a safety harness for window cleaners, and it is the principal object of my invention to provide a harness of great strength forming Va comfortable seat for the window cleaner, and allowing afready attachment to and detachment yfrom a window frame.

Another objectfof my invention is the provision of a window cleaners seat in form of a harness composed of longitudinally eX- tending and crosswise connected straps which may be upholstered with soft material on their inner faces and which have their ends .15 formed from leather for holding rings to vwhich' snaphooks are secured allowing an attachment of the ends of the harness to eyes in the window frame andV sill thereof.

A further object of my invention' isj the Z'Oprovision of a protecting seat for window cleaners of comparatively simple and ineX- pensive construction yet durable and efficient in operation. y A still further object of my invention is 25 the provisionof a window cleaners seat in form of a harness which allows .an adjust-v ment of the harness toy suit the particular width of a window.

These and other objects and advantages 30of my invention will become/more fully known, as the description thereol "proceeds,

and will then be specifically defined in the appended claims. v In the accompanying drawings forming a 35 material part of this disclosure:

` Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a window cleaners seat constructed according to my an inner soft lining, and leather ends 12 toV 50 which'rings 13 are'attached or secured for v the holding of the snap hooks 14 by means of'which the straps may be attached to eyes 15 driven into thewood of the ywindow frame 16. n n,

Near their ends the parallel longitudinal 55"y strapsl are united by means of cross straps 17, 18, having their ends connected to straps 10 and` 11.

s A median strapV 19 connects the longitudinal straps 10 and 11, and is extended be-V en" yond strap 11, as indicated at 2O.r

The end of strap 20 is preferably also made of leather 21 to hold a ring 22 for' the attachment ot snap'hooks 23 by `means n of' which the strap 19 can be attached to 65"* an eye 24 secured in the window sill 25 of the frame 16. Braces 17, 18 are connected to the lower ends of straps 17 and 18 and at their meeting ends are connected to strap 19, as at 19. n

In the modified form of strap illustrated in Figure 4 the parallel longitudinal straps 25, 25', 26, 26', are made in two parts to the inner ends of which straps 27, 28, 27, 28 are attached, the ends of which are united byy buckles 29, 30.

Straps 25, 26, and straps 25'26 are connected by cross straps 31, 32 and 31', 32 rev spectively and to the ends of straps 31, and 32 are attached braces 33, 34, angularly disposed to said straps 31, "and 32 and united at their meeting ends as at 35 where .a short strap 36 is attached at one end the other end of which ispreferably made of leather 37 for 85T; holding a ring 38 to which is attached a snap hook `39.

The outer ends of straps 25, 25 and 26, 26 are also made of leather, as indicated at 40 to hold rings 41 for the securing of the snap .90?` hook 42. The ends of straps 32, 31,`are extended beyond straps 26, 26 and connected to braces 33, 34.

In the modified formA of my invention shownin Figure 5 they harness is composed of two comparatively wide longitudinally extending straps 43, 44 having leather ends 45 holding rings 46 for the attachment of the snap hooks 47. l

The longitudinal straps 43, 44, are connected by cross-straps 48, 49, and i, and

56 by means of which the strap may be attached to an eye on the window sill.y Y

Y The practical usey of my invention will be clear from the above description and from` the drawings, and it will loe-evident that the harness by virtue of its strong constructionv willl present a safel seat for a window cleaner, andthe leather ends, rings and hooks will allow a ready attachment to and removal from a window trama An adjustment to' Y the size of the window opening will'be posy sibleby the suitable lengthening or shorteningfof straps 27, 28,-by means of buckles 29. It will be understood that my Vinvention is susceptible of various changes in its form,

proportionsand minor details, of construction, and I desire herein to reserve my right to makev such changes as properly fall within the scopey of the appended claims.

v494 `said rings for attachment of the straps to intersection, leather ends for said straps,

'braces bracingsome of the straps, rings held in said leather ends, and snap hooks attached Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A protective device for window cleaners cmprising a harness composed of longitudimedian cross strapor attaching the harness to a window frame. Y

YIn witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

1 ADAM ZAHN.

nal, spaced, parallelstraps, cross straps conynecting the longitudinal straps, braces; bracing some of the cross-straps to the median cross-strap, rings vat the ends of the longitudinal straps, a ring at the end of the me-V dian cross strap, and snap hooks securedin eyes in the window frame. 2. A .window'cleaner s :seat in form. of a harness colnp'risng a plurality of intersect-k ing fabricstraps' connected at their points of tosaid rings for removably securing the strap ends to eyes 1n a window frame and its sill.

.3. A window cleaners seat in ,form of a harness composed of two sets of straps, each comprising a plurality of separatedV longitudinaly straps, means Jfor adjustably connecting the Vseparated strap sets, braces brac- Y ing someof the straps, and meansfor attaching said harness to a window frame.

4. A window cleaners seat comprising a harness composed of vcomparatively wide longitudinally extending straps, crossestraps parallel'to and spaced from each other connecting the ends-of two of the crossfstraps with the end of a third cross strap', and means at 'the f ends of the. 'longitudinal'v 'str aps land' necting said'longitudinal straps, braces con- 

